Festlichkeit
[ˈfɛstlɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Festlichkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - festliche Veranstaltung
Corpus desk
Index DE-festlichkeit · Festlichkeit · German
Festlichkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Festlichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstlɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Festlichkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Festlichkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstlɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Festlichkeit, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Festlichkeit, spelled F-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1festliche Veranstaltung
- 2festliche Stimmung, Atmosphäre
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Festlichkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als Festlichkeit würde ich das nicht bezeichnen; hier hat doch niemand Spaß.
Die Festlichkeiten zu Ehren des 10-jährigen Bestehens der Schule waren ein voller Erfolg.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.